Iraq Says It Foiled New Al-Qaeda Plot to Use Toy Planes to Drop Chemical Weapons Over North America and Europe

Iraq officials say they have thwarted an Al-Qaeda plot to use remote-controlled toy planes to drop chemical agents, including sarin and mustard gas, over Europe and North America, the BBC is reporting.

An Iraq defense spokesman said five men were arrested after military intelligence tracked them for three months.

Spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said three workshops for manufacturing chemical agents were discovered, and that toy planes were seized on site.